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Urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Jefferson City, MO metro area

The urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Jefferson City, MO metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 42 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #130 of 197 scored metro areas
#3 of 4 scored metro areas based in Missouri

Listings
7
1 chain location (14%)
Official establishments
4
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$80.6M
On medical and dental services · $1,376 a household
Spending per listing
$11.5M
53% below the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
1.2
2.4 times the U.S.
Population, 2025
152,712
+2.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Household spending on medical and dental services in the Jefferson City metro area comes to about $80.6M a year: $1,376 per household, 7% above the U.S. average. Spread across 7 urgent care and walk-in clinics, that is $11.5M per clinic, 53% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. The spending figure covers all medical and dental services, not only urgent care and walk-in clinics.

The Jefferson City metro area has 7 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings as of September 2026. One of them (14%) is a chain location, against 24% across the U.S. That is 1.2 per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 0.5.

In 2023, official counts showed 4 businesses with payroll in the Jefferson City metro area classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers. That is one for every 14,647 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 1 SBA-backed loan worth $180K has gone to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Jefferson City metro area.

Population estimates show the Jefferson City metro area grew 2.2% from 2020 to 2025, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For urgent care and walk-in clinics, the Jefferson City metro area has a Groundwork market score of 42 (lower middle): #130 of 197 scored metro areas and #3 of 4 scored metro areas based in Missouri.

How the Jefferson City metro area compares

The same measures for Missouri and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all medical and dental services by the urgent care and walk-in clinics counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Urgent care and walk-in clinics in Jefferson City, MO metro area compared with Missouri and the U.S.
MeasureJefferson City metro areaMissouriU.S.
Listings per 10k households1.20.50.5
Spending per listing$11.5M$29.5M$24.5M
Households per official establishment14,64715,87512,867
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+21.5%+32.0%
Population growth, 2020–2025+2.2%+1.9%+3.1%
Spending per household on medical and dental services$1,376$1,389$1,288
Median household income$74,030$70,702$80,734
Groundwork market score4261

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
4
Employees, 2023
137
Annual payroll, 2023
$10.5M
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
71 chain location
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
3The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
1
Amount
$180K

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in the Jefferson City metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Jefferson City metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
152,712+2.2% since 2020
Households
58,587
Median age
40.3
Homes lived in by their owners
72%
Vehicles per household
2.0
Land area
2,248 sq. mi.
People per square mile
67
Median household income
$74,030+25.1% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$92,629
Median home value
$217,500
Jobs located here
80,011
Daytime population
160,422Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Urgent care and walk-in clinics across Missouri

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Missouri for urgent care and walk-in clinics, numbered among those based in Missouri, with the Jefferson City metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Missouri

Metro areas in Missouri ranked for urgent care and walk-in clinics by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
1St. Louis, MO-IL75460.4$37.4M−0.2%#16 of 197
2Kansas City, MO-KS64490.5$27.5M+3.4%#43 of 197
3Jefferson City, MO4271.2$11.5M+2.2%#130 of 197
4Springfield, MO38191.0$13.8M+5.1%#150 of 197

Other business types in the Jefferson City metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many urgent care and walk-in clinics are in the Jefferson City, MO metro area?

Map listings as of September 2026 show 7 urgent care and walk-in clinics in the Jefferson City metro area. One of them (14%) is a chain location. The listings count urgent care and walk-in clinics. Official counts show 4 businesses with payroll classed as freestanding emergency and urgent care centers in 2023.

How much do households in the Jefferson City, MO metro area spend on medical and dental services?

About $80.6M a year, or $1,376 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 7 urgent care and walk-in clinics on map listings, it comes to $11.5M per clinic. That spending covers all medical and dental services, which urgent care and walk-in clinics share with other businesses in the trade. It is estimated from the incomes of the 58,587 households in the Jefferson City metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Jefferson City, MO metro area compare with the U.S. for urgent care and walk-in clinics?

The Jefferson City metro area has 1.2 urgent care and walk-in clinics per 10,000 households, 2.4 times the U.S. rate of 0.5. Spending per clinic is $11.5M, 53% below the U.S. figure of $24.5M. At the U.S. ratio of urgent care and walk-in clinics to household spending, the Jefferson City metro area would have about 3, against 7 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 14,647 households, against one for every 12,867 across the U.S.

How fast is the Jefferson City, MO metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Jefferson City metro area at 152,712 people in 2025, up 2.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 58,587 households. Median household income in the Jefferson City metro area is $74,030, 8% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 25.1%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Jefferson City metro area scores 42 for urgent care and walk-in clinics (lower middle), #130 of 197 scored metro areas.

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